Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Pine Grove Mills (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Pine Grove Mills. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Pine Grove Mills ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Pine Grove Mills: Pine Grv. Mills
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pine Grove Mills. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pine Grove Mills.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Pine Grove Mills is located in Centre County.
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Centre County: Blair, Cambria, Clearfield, Clinton, Huntingdon, Mifflin & Union.
Below are the counties that are near Pine Grove Mills. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pine Grove Mills:
- Centre County (The home county of Pine Grove Mills)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove Mills, with the one closest to Pine Grove Mills listed first.
- Bloomsdorf
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bloomsdorf is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomsdorf
- Fairbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- Ramblewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Ramblewood is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblewood
- Krumrine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Krumrine is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumrine
- State College
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Park Forest Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Park Forest Village is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Forest Village
- Boalsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Panorama Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Panorama Village is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panorama Village
- Scotia
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Scotia is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotia
- Musser
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Musser is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musser
- Houserville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Houserville is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houserville
- Lemont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Linden Hall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Linden Hall is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden Hall
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove Mills, with the one closest to Pine Grove Mills listed first.
- Tyrone Forge
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Tyrone Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone Forge
- Tyrone
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Grazierville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Grazierville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grazierville
- Covedale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Covedale is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covedale
- Culp
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Tipton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Franklin Forge
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Franklin Forge is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Forge
- Point View
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Point View is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point View
- Springfield Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Williamsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bellwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Flowing Spring
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Flowing Spring is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowing Spring
- Shellytown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shellytown is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellytown
- Cambria County
- Lloydville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lloydville is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydville
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove Mills, with the one closest to Pine Grove Mills listed first.
- Chester Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Chester Hill is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 820 people
- Osceola Mills
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Kylertown
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Morrisdale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West Decatur
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Decatur is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Decatur
- West Decatur has also been known as:
- Blue Ball
- Decatur
- Parsonsville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Parsonsville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsonsville
- Ashland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ashland is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
- Brisbin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Brisbin is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brisbin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 385 people
- Ginter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Ginter is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ginter
- Wallaceton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wallaceton is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallaceton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
- Houtzdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ramey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Ramey is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Keewaydin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Keewaydin is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keewaydin
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove Mills, with the one closest to Pine Grove Mills listed first.
- Abdera
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Abdera is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abdera
- Lamar
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Tylersville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tylersville is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tylersville
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove Mills, with the one closest to Pine Grove Mills listed first.
- Ennisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ennisville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennisville
- Neffs Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Neffs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neffs Mills
- Dungarvin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dungarvin is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungarvin
- Donation
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Donation is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donation
- Seven Stars
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seven Stars is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Stars
- Huntingdon Furnace
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Huntingdon Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdon Furnace
- Petersburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pennington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Alexandria
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Water Street
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Water Street is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Street
- Birmingham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Huntingdon
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Mill Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Juniata County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove Mills, with the one closest to Pine Grove Mills listed first.
- Doyles Mills
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Doyles Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyles Mills
- Reeds Gap
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Reeds Gap is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Gap
- McCullochs Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- McCullochs Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCullochs Mills
- Peru Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Peru Mills is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru Mills
- Mifflin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mifflin is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Mifflintown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- East Rutherford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- East Rutherford is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Rutherford
- Old Port
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Old Port is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Port
- Perulack
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Perulack is located in Juniata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perulack
- Port Royal
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mifflin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove Mills, with the one closest to Pine Grove Mills listed first.
- Belleville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Menno
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Menno is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menno
- Kishacoquillas
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kishacoquillas is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kishacoquillas
- Allensville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lumber City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Lumber City is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumber City
- Milroy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Reedsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Honey Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Honey Creek is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honey Creek
- Yeagertown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- McVeytown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Burnham
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Anderson
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Highland Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Park is located in Mifflin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
- Snyder County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pine Grove Mills, with the one closest to Pine Grove Mills listed first.
- Bannerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bannerville is located in Snyder County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bannerville
- McClure
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Union County
- Cherry Run
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Cherry Run is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Run
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pine Grove Mills, see our County-by-County Page for Pine Grove Mills.
Cemeteries Near Pine Grove Mills ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Grove Mills.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Pine Grove Mills - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pine Grove Mills covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pine Grove Mills, with the one closest to Pine Grove Mills listed first.
- Bennett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rudy Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pine Hall Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Massey Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Stephens Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Slab Cabin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pennsylvania Furnace Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- McAlevys Fort Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenlee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mooresville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carolus Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ennisville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (235 more) ...
- McAlevys Fort United Presbyterian Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grays Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ross Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Pine Grove Mills had a population of 362 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pine Grove Mills, with the one closest to Pine Grove Mills listed first.
- Fairbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fairbrook is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbrook
- Rockspring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rockspring is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockspring
- Krumrine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Krumrine is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krumrine
- Masseyburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Masseyburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masseyburg
- Boalsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Musser
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Musser is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musser
- Houserville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Houserville is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houserville
- Gatesburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Gatesburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gatesburg
- Graysville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Graysville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysville
- Mooresville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mooresville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooresville
- Neffs Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Neffs Mills is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neffs Mills
- Saulsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Saulsburg is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saulsburg
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Ennisville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ennisville is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennisville
- McAlevys Fort
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- McAlevys Fort is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAlevys Fort
- Waddle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Waddle is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waddle
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pine Grove Mills. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pine Grove Mills.
Newspapers Published in Pine Grove Mills ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Grove Mills.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Grove Mills, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pine Grove Mills.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Pine Grove Mills:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Centre County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blair County
- Cambria County
- Clearfield County
- Clinton County
- Huntingdon County
- Juniata County
- Mifflin County
- Snyder County
- Union County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pine Grove Mills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pine Grove Mills, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |